Sunday afternoon, we set out to find the perfect Christmas tree. Jonathan was ready to prep the living room before we left, but then we forgot we had to throw out our tree stand last year. There was a slow leak in it. And, we hadn't found a new one yet. We decided to just put the tree in a bucket of water and buy the stand the next day. So, away we went...
The boys fell asleep on the way home, so we decided to drop off the tree and search for a tree stand. We drove to Home Depot, picked one up, and came home to set up the tree. (This is an hour drive, round trip, for those of you who don't know.) After much finagling, we finally had the tree set up, or so we thought! We could not get the tree to stand up! We realized that part of the tree stand had snapped--isn't plastic wonderful?! By this time, it was too late to try and get another tree stand, but we had already taken the netting off the tree and all of the branches were opened up. What to do?
Lean the tree against the wall, in the bucket of water, with the couch to protect it from curious on-lookers.
Smiles once again!
The next day, Jonathan went to the local hardware store and found a different tree stand. We had a fun time decorating it. Benjamin loved helping this year! Paul hasn't really messed with the tree too much, besides taking the occasional ornament off the tree. We have a beautiful tree that seems secure in a stand!
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